Section 5D:
Appointment of officers.
1[5D. Appointment of officers.-- (1) The Central Government shall appoint a Central Provident Fund
Commissioner who shall be the chief executive officer of the Central Board and shall be subject to the
general control and superintendence of that Board.
(2) The Central Government may also appoint 2[a Financial Adviser and Chief Accounts Officers] to
assist the Central Provident Fund Commissioner in the discharge of his duties.
(3) The Central Board may appoint 3[, subject to the maximum scale of pay, as may be specified in
the Scheme, as many Additional Central Provident Fund Commissioners, Deputy Provident Fund
Commissioners, Regional Provident Fund Commissioners, Assistant Provident Fund Commissioners and]
such other officers and employees as it may consider necessary for the efficient administration of the
Scheme 4[, the 5[Pension Scheme and the Insurance Scheme].
(4) No appointment to 6[the post of the Central Provident Fund Commissioner or an Additional
Central Provident Fund Commissioner or a Financial Adviser and Chief Accounts Officer or any other
post under the Central Board carrying a scale of pay equivalent to the scale of pay of any Group 'A' or
Group 'B' post under the Central Government] shall be made except after consultation with the Union
Public Service Commission:
Provided that no such consultation shall be necessary in regard to any such appointment--
(a) for a period not exceeding one year; or
(b) if the person to be appointed is at the time of his appointment--
(i) a member of the Indian Administrative Service, or
(ii) in the service of the Central Government or a State Government or the Central Board in a
7[Group 'A' or Group 'B' post].
(5) A State Board may, with the approval of the State Government concerned, appoint such staff as it
may consider necessary.
(6) The method of recruitment, salary and allowances, discipline and other conditions of service of
the Central Provident Fund Commissioner, 8[and the Financial Adviser and Chief Accounts Officer] shall
be such as may be specified by the Central Government and such salary and allowances shall be paid out
of the Fund.
9[(7) (a) The method of recruitment, salary and allowances, discipline and other conditions of service
of the Additional Central Provident Fund Commissioner, Deputy Provident Fund Commissioner,
Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner and other officers and
employees of the Central Board shall be such as may be specified by the Central Board in accordance
with the rules and orders applicable to the officers and employees of the Central Government drawing
corresponding scales of pay:
Provided that where the Central Board is of the opinion that it is necessary to make a departure from
the said rules or orders in respect of any of the matters aforesaid, it shall obtain the prior approval of the
Central Government.
(b) In determining the corresponding scales of pay of officers and employees under clause (a), the
Central Board shall have regard to the educational qualifications, method of recruitment, duties and
responsibilities of such officers and employees under the Central Government and in case of any doubt,
the Central Board shall refer the matter to the Central Government whose decision thereon shall be final.]
(8) The method of recruitment, salary and allowances, discipline and other conditions of service of
officers and employees of a State Board shall be such as may be specified by that Board, with the
approval of the State Government concerned.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 28 of 1963, s. 4.
2. Subs. by Act 33 of 1988, s. 6, for certain words (w.e.f. 1-8-1988).
3. Ins. by, s. 6, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-8-1988).
4. Subs. by Act 99 of 1976, s. 20, for "and the Family Pension Scheme" (w.e.f. 1-8-1976).
5. Subs. by Act 25 of 1996, s. 4, for "Family Pension" (w.e.f. 16-11-1995).
6. Subs. by Act 33 of 1988, s. 6, for certain words (w.e.f. 1-8-1988).
7. Subs. by s. 6, ibid., for "Class I or Class II post" (w.e.f. 1-8-1988).
8. Subs. by s. 6, ibid., for "Deputy Provident Fund Commissioner and Regional Provident Fund Commissioner"
(w.e.f. 1-8-1988).
9. Subs. by s. 6, ibid., for sub-section (7) (w.e.f. 1-8-1988).